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1956 French Grand Prix
Sun, July 1st, 1956
Round 5
Track:
Circuit de Reims-Gueux
Official race name:
XLII Grand Prix de l'ACF
Round:
5
(of 8)
Race number:
53
Date:
Sun, July 1st, 1956
Time:
14.00
Track length:
8.302 km
Laps:
61
Race distance:
506.422 km
Weather:
Overcast, mild and dry
For more detailed results, visit the
Results page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qualifying
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
14
Peter Collins
Ferrari
61
2:34:23.4
196.809
3
8
2
12
Eugenio Castellotti
Ferrari
61
+ 0.3 secs
196.802
2
6
3
4
Jean Behra
Maserati
61
+ 1m 29.9 secs
194.917
7
4
4
10
Juan Manuel Fangio
Ferrari
61
+ 1m 35.1 secs
194.809
1
4
5
6
Cesare Perdisa
Maserati
20
+ 2 Laps
189.576
16
1
Stirling Moss
39
1
6
36
Louis Rosier
Maserati
58
+ 3 Laps
183.951
12
7
40
Chico Godia
Maserati
57
+ 4 Laps
183.310
17
8
32
Hermano da Silva Ramos
Gordini
57
+ 4 Laps
182.344
14
9
30
Robert Manzon
Gordini
56
+ 5 Laps
180.055
15
10
24
Mike Hawthorn
Vanwall
10
+ 5 Laps
177.936
6
Harry Schell
46
11
34
André Pilette
Gordini
55
+ 6 Laps
176.403
19
Ret
42
André Simon
Maserati
41
Engine
20
Ret
8
Piero Taruffi
Maserati
40
Engine
13
Ret
44
Olivier Gendebien
Ferrari
38
Clutch
11
Ret
38
Luigi Villoresi
Maserati
23
Brakes
10
Ret
16
Alfonso de Portago
Ferrari
20
Gearbox
9
Ret
28
Maurice Trintignant
Bugatti
18
Throttle
18
Ret
2
Stirling Moss
Maserati
12
Gearbox
8
Ret
22
Harry Schell
Vanwall
5
Engine
4
DNS
26
Colin Chapman
Vanwall
Accident
5
Np
20
Tony Brooks
BRM
Not present
Np
46
Horace Gould
Maserati
Not present
Np
48
Piero Scotti
Connaught-Alta
Not present
Fastest lap:
2:25.8 -
Juan Manuel Fangio
(Lap 61)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
3
Peter Collins
Ferrari
2:25.6
2
Eugenio Castellotti
Ferrari
2:24.6
1
Juan Manuel Fangio
Ferrari
2:23.3
R
o
w
2
5
Colin Chapman
Vanwall
2:26.8
4
Harry Schell
Vanwall
2:26.1
R
o
w
3
8
Stirling Moss
Maserati
2:29.9
7
Jean Behra
Maserati
2:27.8
6
Mike Hawthorn
Vanwall
2:27.0
R
o
w
4
10
Luigi Villoresi
Maserati
2:33.3
9
Alfonso de Portago
Ferrari
2:30.9
R
o
w
5
13
Piero Taruffi
Maserati
2:35.6
12
Louis Rosier
Maserati
2:35.3
11
Olivier Gendebien
Ferrari
2:34.5
R
o
w
6
15
Robert Manzon
Gordini
2:36.0
14
Hermano da Silva Ramos
Gordini
2:35.9
R
o
w
7
18
Maurice Trintignant
Bugatti
2:41.9
17
Chico Godia
Maserati
2:40.0
16
Cesare Perdisa
Maserati
2:36.4
R
o
w
8
20
André Simon
Maserati
2:47.9
19
André Pilette
Gordini
2:46.8
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
10
Juan Manuel Fangio
Ferrari
2:23.3
100.0
208.564
2
12
Eugenio Castellotti
Ferrari
2:24.6
1.3
100.9
206.689
3
14
Peter Collins
Ferrari
2:25.6
2.3
101.6
205.269
4
22
Harry Schell
Vanwall
2:26.1
2.8
102.0
204.567
5
26
Colin Chapman
Vanwall
2:26.8
3.5
102.4
203.591
6
24
Mike Hawthorn
Vanwall
2:27.0
3.7
102.6
203.314
7
4
Jean Behra
Maserati
2:27.8
4.5
103.1
202.214
8
2
Stirling Moss
Maserati
2:29.9
6.6
104.6
199.381
9
16
Alfonso de Portago
Ferrari
2:30.9
7.6
105.3
198.060
10
38
Luigi Villoresi
Maserati
2:33.3
10.0
107.0
194.959
11
44
Olivier Gendebien
Ferrari
2:34.5
11.2
107.8
193.445
12
36
Louis Rosier
Maserati
2:35.3
12.0
108.4
192.448
13
8
Piero Taruffi
Maserati
2:35.6
12.3
108.6
192.077
14
32
Hermano da Silva Ramos
Gordini
2:35.9
12.6
108.8
191.708
15
30
Robert Manzon
Gordini
2:36.0
12.7
108.9
191.585
16
6
Cesare Perdisa
Maserati
2:36.4
13.1
109.1
191.095
17
40
Chico Godia
Maserati
2:40.0
16.7
111.7
186.795
18
28
Maurice Trintignant
Bugatti
2:41.9
18.6
113.0
184.603
19
34
André Pilette
Gordini
2:46.8
23.5
116.4
179.180
20
42
André Simon
Maserati
2:47.9
24.6
117.2
178.006
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Peter Collins
19
2
Jean Behra
14
5
3
Juan Manuel Fangio
13
(14.5)
6
4
Stirling Moss
12
7
5
Pat Flaherty
8
11
6
Eugenio Castellotti
7
.5
12
7
Sam Hanks
6
13
8
Paul Frère
6
13
9
Luigi Musso
4
15
10
Mike Hawthorn
4
15
11
Don Freeland
4
15
12
Cesare Perdisa
3
16
13
Harry Schell
3
16
14
Johnnie Parsons
3
16
15
Hermano da Silva Ramos
2
17
16
Olivier Gendebien
2
17
17
Dick Rathmann
2
17
18
Luigi Villoresi
2
17
19
Chico Landi
1
.5
18
=
Gerino Gerini
1
.5
18
21
Paul Russo
1
18
22
André Pilette
0
19
23
Louis Rosier
0
19
24
Alberto Uria
0
19
=
Óscar González
0
19
26
Élie Bayol
0
19
27
Bob Sweikert
0
19
28
Bob Veith
0
19
29
Chico Godia
0
19
30
Horace Gould
0
19
31
Rodger Ward
0
19
32
Jimmy Reece
0
19
33
Robert Manzon
0
19
34
Cliff Griffith
0
19
35
Gene Hartley
0
19
36
Fred Agabashian
0
19
37
Bob Christie
0
19
38
Al Keller
0
19
39
Eddie Johnson
0
19
40
Billy Garrett
0
19
41
Duke Dinsmore
0
19
42
Pat O'Connor
0
19
43
Jimmy Bryan
0
19
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